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No 137

<s>Whitesour (English Cyder) or Whitsour</s>

<s>(Small, of a yellow ground, highly tinged towards
the nose with a light brown and some strong
touched of brown towards the stem. Acid flavor
somewhat acrid, very juicy, and makes a smart
palatable Cyder.)  This description is taken from the
English writers on the subject of Orchards</s>

October
1812                                 [sketch of apple]

Fama Gusta from Cyprus

This apple imported as the Whitesour is a large
fruit very much resembling our Bellflower in shape
& size. The skin is smooth, of a pale green, the flesh, white
and hard, with some acidity.  The stalk is long and
very strongly attached to the fruit and twig, inserted in
a deep cavity.  ( <s>I have suspected the fruit to be the Everlasting
Hanger from its adhering so well to the tree</s> ) It is
a late fall or Winter fruit.  The tree shoots its
branches ina very unsightly horizontal direction
and grows vigorously.
        